It's too late now, but it'd be nice if LW folk called themselves something less embarrassingly self-aggrandizing than "rationalists". Sigh.
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Replying to @willdoingthings
@willdoingthings "normativism" also seems to be somewhat overloaded but i like it as a potential (less lw-specific) alternative1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@willdoingthings As in "the one true normatively correct epistemology?"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@tipsfromkatee Presumably not just epistemology; ethical norms too, at least.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @willdoingthings
@willdoingthings@tipsfromkatee A lot of LWers are consequentialists but I don't think there is a community consensus around that.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@willdoingthings but that's the thing, we'd be in favour of whatever was normative, even if we didn't yet know what it was1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@willdoingthings I see your point. "The believers in whatsoever turns out to be normatively correct" = normativists. Not bad.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@tipsfromkatee@willdoingthings My university has motto "Quaecumque vera" = "Whatsoever things are true."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@simplic10 @willdoingthings perfect for condescension. "i have this theory about power crystals!" "yeah dude, whatsoever things are true"
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